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Canon-McMillan turned the ball over twice early and couldn’t recover, losing at Upper St. Clair. Trinity pulled even with Hempfield early in the third before the Spartans scored 30 straight points, handing the Hillers their first loss of the year.  Peters Township blanked Mt. Lebanon, the Indians first win of the year. Hampton proved too much for Ringgold. Charleroi beat Avella, the Cougars second straight win. Chartiers-Houston crushed Jeff-Morgan, the Bucs first win of the season.  McGuffey got back on the winning track, blanking West Greene. Bentworth got past Keystone Oaks in the first meeting between the two schools.  Beth-Center improved to 3-0 with a home win against Leechburg. Eli Salvini ran for 145 yards and all three touchdowns as Fort Cherry beat Laurel in a reprisal of last year’s WPIAL semifinals. Wash High jumped in front of California quickly and rolled past California to improve to 3-0.

Week 3 Scores
Charleroi 24, Avella 8
Bentworth 28, Keystone Oaks 20
Beth-Center 46, Leechburg 13
Burgettstown 37, Rochester 0
Wash High 50, California 6  Watch/Listen Here
Upper St. Clair 21, Canon-McMillan 10  Watch/Listen Here
Chartiers-Houston 62, Jeff-Morgan 7
Fort Cherry 21, Laurel 17
McGuffey 48, West Greene 0
Peters Township 16, Mt. Lebanon 0
Hampton 24, Ringgold 14
Hempfield 44, Trinity 20
Greensburg Central Catholic 41, Carmichaels 8
Serra Catholic 54, Mapletown 14
Waynesburg 35, Albert Gallatin 0

CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Bregman hit his 25th homer and doubled among three hits, Shota Imanaga tossed six effective innings and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-2 on Friday to end a four-game slide. Seiya Suzuki had three hits, including a wind-blown triple, scored three runs and drove in one as the Cubs finished with 16 hits against three Pittsburgh pitchers and ended the Pirates’ four-game winning streak. Chicago remains well behind NL Central-leading Milwaukee but is in position for a wild card. Michael Busch doubled and had three RBIs, and Carson Kelly doubled in a pair of runs. Before the game, the Pirates activated infielder/outfielder Ryan O’Hearn from the 10-day injured list and optioned outfielder Ronny Simón to Triple-A Indianapolis. The during the game, rookie outfielder Esmerlyn Valdez left the game after injuring himself while running to first base on a grounder in the sixth inning. Valdez grabbed the back of his left leg and limped off the field with his arms draped around the shoulders of training staff. The Pirates said Valdez had left hamstring discomfort and was receiving treatment, but gave no further details. He was replaced in right field by Billy Cook, who misjudged a fly ball on the first play in the bottom half of the inning and allowed it to fall for a triple.

ATLANTA (AP) — Cooper Rush will be the Atlanta Falcons’ starting quarterback on Sunday at Pittsburgh after Tua Tagovailoa was ruled out on Friday with an oblique injury suffered in Thursday’s practice. Falcons first-year coach Kevin Stefanski says undrafted rookie Jack Strand will be the backup. The late change in plans for the season opener came after Stefanski announced Monday that Tagovailoa will open the season as the starter and Michael Penix Jr. will be inactive. Penix did not play in a preseason game as he continues his recovery from a torn ligament in his left knee that ended his 2025 season.

WASHINGTON, Pa. (Sept. 11) – Washington got out to a lead but a pair of homers by the Florence Y’alls and a three-run eighth inning sank Washington in the second game of the 2026 Frontier League Midwest Conference Wild Card Series against Florence. A 6-5 finish forces a Game 3 tonight at 7:05 p.m. The Wild Things, with their ace on the mound, got a two-run single in the first inning by Jeff Liquori to draw first blood in the chance to advance. A solo homer by Milo Rushford was the first hit against Foster in the fifth, making it 2-1. Washington got two right back on a bases-loaded, two-out, two-run single by Liquori in the bottom half but Washington then stranded the bases full. Florence plated two in the sixth on a two-run homer by Brett Blomquist to pull within 4-3 and got their three off Mack Anglin in the eighth after he failed to retire any of three hitters he faced. Washington got a run back in the ninth on an opposite-field homer by Andrew Czech cutting the Y’alls lead to 6-5 but got no more against Aidan McEvoy.